Duke fell from the ranks of the ACC unbeaten Sunday night, as Wake Forest upset the #2 Blue Devils 86-73 in Winston Salem.

The Demon Deacons were helped by freshman phenoms Jeff Teague (26 pts) & James Johnson (24 pts), while the Dookies didn’t help themselves by committing 22 turnovers (a season high) and going 7 minutes in the 2nd half without a field goal - missing 11 consecutive shots during the drought. Read more…

• CAN’T STOP THE BLEEDING digs up the Pats’ putrid rebuttal to the ‘85 Bears’ Super Bowl Shuffle:

• ODENIZED discovers Deron Williams of the Utah Jazz can’t get any help moving.

• Meanwhile, POST GAME HEROES shows how the Pittsburgh Penguins purchase their BMWs - while acting rather badly.

• FAN IQ spots Dominique Wilkins as a slam dunk judge - for the NHL All-Star Game:

• Racist comments aren’t just for LSU fans anymore, as SCOTT VAN PELT STYLE hears a female Tar Heels fan telling the Maryland Terps to “Go back to the ghetto!”

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NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMP. GAMES HOST REPEAT OFFENDERS: In this year’s college football championship games, it’s deja vu all over again.

As Ohio State prepares to reappear in the BCS title game, the other NCAA divisions that actually have playoffs saw some returning guests in their title contests.

Appalachian State owes Pat Riley some residuals, as the Mountaineers clinched a threepeat in Division 1-AA* with a 49-21 dousing of Delaware.

There wasn’t much of an intimidation factor from the Blue Hens, since their unis were quite similar to an earlier Appalachian victim.On the flipside, Northwest Missouri State is slowly turning into the Buffalo Bills of Division II, as the Bearcats lost for the third straight time in the title game, going down 25-20 to Valdosta State.

But in Division III, the third time was finally the charm for Wisconsin-Whitewater. After losing in the last two title games to Mount Union, the Warhawks beat the Purple Raiders to long last grab an NCAA plaque of their own.

Going back to the BCS, the Buckeyes hope they don’t have a repeat performance of last year, when they were cracked by Florida 41-14. Based on OSU’s other title appearances within the last year, the outlook’s not so good.After the destruction in the desert, the Bucks’ basketball team was bounced by the Gators in the final of the Final Four. And on Sunday, the men’s soccer team was kicked away from a title trophy by Wake Forest.

But hey, at least they beat Michigan again. That’s gotta count for something, right?

(*Yes, we know it’s now officially “Football Championship Subdivision. Quite frankly, we don’t care.)

WAKE’S GROBE 3RD STRAIGHT COACH TO CALL OFF HOGS: After going through a pair of orange Tigers for their head coaching job, Arkansas was zeroing in on a Demon Deacon. Now the Razorbacks are just back at ground zero.

The NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MORNING NEWS reports that Wake Forest’s Jim Grobe decided to stay in Winston-Salem, rather than flee for Fayetteville.It’s the 2nd ACC coach this week to say no to the Hogs - as Tommy Bowden re-upped with Clemson - and the 3rd coach overall to take himself out of the Razorbacks’ running - as Tommy Tuberville chose to stick with Auburn.

What’s with all the rejection? It’s not like any new coach would have to deal with any ridiculous situations.RAZORBACK EXPATS tries to explain the latest spurning, with their five reasons why Grobe didn’t take the job:

For example, Reason #2: “Was promised that his name would be displayed on banners all over the state…then he found out what that meant.”